Beetroot Design Group http://blog.beetroot.gr Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “The Error” by Beetroot! Thank you! http://blog.beetroot.gr/%e2%80%9cthe-error%e2%80%9d-by-beetroot-thank-you/2648 http://blog.beetroot.gr/%e2%80%9cthe-error%e2%80%9d-by-beetroot-thank-you/2648#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:45 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2648

There were too many errors (and people)!

Last Saturday, more than three hundred of you honored us we your presence to the smashing opening of our first (design-free) art exhibition:

“The Error” by Beetroot! Thank you!

For those of you who did not make it (or who did not manage to squeeze in) to the a.antonopoulou gallery last Saturday, and to all who wish to visit the exhibition again, let us remind you that the it will remain open until the 3rd of March from Wednesday to Friday from 14:00 to 20:00 and on Saturdays from 12:00 to 16:00.

For our new “The Error” event-happening, watch this space!

Again thanks for coming!

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Beetroot teams up with GDA and gives a “Super Greece” lecture. Next Wednesday the 25th of January at the offices of the association (19 Myllerou str., Metaxourgio, Athens). The event starts at 19.30.

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/beetroot-at-gda/2638/feed 1 The Error by Beetroot http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-error-by-beetroot/2620 http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-error-by-beetroot/2620#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:45:49 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2620 An error derives from an attempt, an experiment, a respect for the random and the unexpected. The error takes us by surprise, shocks and terrifies us.
The error hides in the beginning to attack in the end.
The error destroys a direction to create many.
Opposite to the culture of awarding the probable, the predictable, the “right”, Beetroot’s new and exciting exhibition demonstrates the power that lies in the “right to error”. The error is arguably the most important step in human progress, as only through error can we demonstrate our determination to feel, understand and make it…right…
….until the next error.

a.antonopoulou.art
20, Aristofanous str.,  105 54   GR Athens, 
tel: +30 210 3214994  fax: +30 210 3214263
website: www.aaart.gr

Exhibition Opening: Saturday 28 January 2012, 12:00 – 16:00
Exhibition Happening / Party: TBA
Exhibition Duration: 29 January – 3 March 2012
Exhibition Opening Hours: Wed – Fri 14:00 – 20:00 , Sat 12:00 – 16:00

www.beetroot.gr
www.beetroot.gr/tolathos
https://www.facebook.com/events/112201362233317/

 

© “Lathos 1” Beetroot 2011

© “Lathos 1” Beetroot 2011

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-error-by-beetroot/2620/feed 0 Anna Mouglalis illustration http://blog.beetroot.gr/anna-mouglalis-illustration/2613 http://blog.beetroot.gr/anna-mouglalis-illustration/2613#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:28:34 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2613 Fashion We Like commissioned Beetroot to create an illustration of Chanel’s model and actress Anna Mouglalis. Fashion We Like blog hosts interesting interviews and editorial features about fashion and the people behind it.

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/anna-mouglalis-illustration/2613/feed 0 LIFO – THE INFLUENTIALS 2011 http://blog.beetroot.gr/lifo-the-influentials-2011/2605 http://blog.beetroot.gr/lifo-the-influentials-2011/2605#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:26:31 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2605 Beetroot is one of the 2011 “Influentials” for Lifo magazine. Image by beetroot, text by Yiannis Karlopoulos! Read the article here.

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/lifo-the-influentials-2011/2605/feed 0 Thessaloniki at BHMAgazino http://blog.beetroot.gr/thessaloniki-at-bhmagazino/2594 http://blog.beetroot.gr/thessaloniki-at-bhmagazino/2594#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:37:06 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2594

Α homage to the city of Thessaloniki inside the pages of today’s BHMAgazino.

 

Thessaloniki
by Beetroot

People rise

Their glance,high

From our city’s guts

Springs new oxygen

 

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/thessaloniki-at-bhmagazino/2594/feed 0 THESSALONIKI AND DESIGN http://blog.beetroot.gr/thessaloniki-and-design/2585 http://blog.beetroot.gr/thessaloniki-and-design/2585#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:02:01 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2585 Beetroot designs the cover of this special BHMADECO issue about design and Thessaloniki.
Autumn in Thessaloniki. A rainy day “in conversation” with the (contemporary landmark) “Umbrellas” by George Zongolopoulos. People, color, design, creativity and optimism but also insecurity, distress and melancholy. The city as a framework for the extreme controversies of the present socioeconomic situation. Design as both an agent and a remedy.

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/thessaloniki-and-design/2585/feed 1 The Right to Education 2011 http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-right-to-education-2011/2580 http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-right-to-education-2011/2580#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:39:13 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2580 The unchallenged mind is imprisoned in the cage of ignorance. Beetroot salutes The Right to Education with their new “poster for tomorrow” that will be exhibited in 31 countries all over the world and was selected amongst the 100 best submissions of the prestigious competition.

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Two fotomontages by Nicola de Lekuona

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/sound-collage/2569/feed 0 BACK TO THE ANIMALS http://blog.beetroot.gr/back-to-the-animals/2547 http://blog.beetroot.gr/back-to-the-animals/2547#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:02:19 +0000 memike http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2547

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/back-to-the-animals/2547/feed 0 THE OPTIMISM MANIFEST http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-optimism-manifest/2532 http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-optimism-manifest/2532#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:34:12 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2532 Beetroot designs the new cover of Athens Voice. The AV team celebrates the 8th birthday of the paper, presents the Optimism Manifest and shouts that there is also a positive side of Greece out there!

Στο σκοτάδι Στο φόβο Σηκώνω τη γροθιά μου Στο φως — In darkness In fear I raise my fist To the light

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-optimism-manifest/2532/feed 1 URBAN WILDLIFE http://blog.beetroot.gr/urban-wildlife/2517 http://blog.beetroot.gr/urban-wildlife/2517#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:36:54 +0000 memike http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2517 Can’t see what they were at, all right
Dead cat in a top hat, wow
Sucking on the young man’s blood
Wishing he could come, yeah
Sucking on the soldier’s brain
Wishing it would be the same

Dead cat, dead rat
Can’t you see what they were at?
Fat cat in a top hat
Thinks he’s an aristocrat
Thinks he can kill and slaughter
Thinks he can shoot my daughter

Yeah right! oh yeah!
Oh right! yeeah!

Dead cats, dead rats
Think they’re an aristocrat
Crap, now that’s crap!

The Doors, Absolutely Live

]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/urban-wildlife/2517/feed 0 The “Misunderstood” Monsters of Greek Mythology http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-misunderstood-monsters-of-greek-mythology/2479 http://blog.beetroot.gr/the-misunderstood-monsters-of-greek-mythology/2479#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:14:53 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2479 Frightening, shocking, strange and unpredictable, the monsters of Greek Mythology are the antiheroes that have inspired authors such as Hesiod, Homer, Plato, Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Wilde and Gide, artists like, Rubens, Goya, Ingres and Picasso and have fascinated countless generations of readers and listeners all around the world.
Here, for the first time, the monsters of Greek Mythology get to tell their story!
The original myths are coupled by the monsters’ own version of their story, all in sharp and witty original verse by Anastasia Tentokali and appropriately translated for the english version by Fanis Skourtis. The brand new book by Mangel-Wurzel book is lavishly designed and illustrated in smart neo-black-figure style colors by Beetroot (red dot Design Agency of the year 2011).

Purchase online the Greek or the English version.

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]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/no-title-for-this/2470/feed 0 Designing the “thousand drachmas” http://blog.beetroot.gr/designing-the-%e2%80%9cthousand-drachmas%e2%80%9d/2445 http://blog.beetroot.gr/designing-the-%e2%80%9cthousand-drachmas%e2%80%9d/2445#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:51:41 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2445 Beetroot designs for LIFO the “thousand drachmas” bank note.
Despite the nostalgia of our former currency, we realize –to alter the words of I. Montanelli- that the return to drachma would be nothing else but the gloomy epilogue of “a nation that never managed to become international”. In the design for our “thousand drachmas” we show key moments in our history, from the more iconic and stereotypical, to the events that leaded to our economic plunge, next to the keys of our new Mercedes sports car.

Lifo's article on the “thousand drachmas” bank note

Lifo's cover

 

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Beetroot is the “red dot: agency of the year 2011″! Last Friday, October 7th, Beetroot Design Group received the Stylus at a special award ceremony at Konzerthaus Berlin. During the same event Beetroot launched at the Alte Munze Berlin the exhibition titled “The Greek Monsters”. The exhibition will stay open until the 17th of October and then will start a worldwide tour, stoping among others, at the cities of Basel, Singapore, Essen, Helsinki, etc. More photos, videos and information on beetroot.gr

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Reel Soundtrack by knod

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]]> http://blog.beetroot.gr/back/2413/feed 0 3 International Packaging Design Awards for Beetroot http://blog.beetroot.gr/3-international-packaging-design-awards-for-beetroot/2399 http://blog.beetroot.gr/3-international-packaging-design-awards-for-beetroot/2399#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:08:04 +0000 sixela http://blog.beetroot.gr/?p=2399 Yesterday during the 5th throphy awards ceremony at the Marriot Hotel in the exceptional setting of Times Square, Beetroot received 3 Pentawards. A Gold Pentaward 2011 in the category “Gourmet food” for the packaging series Trata on ice – by Konva, another Gold Pentaward in the category “Fine wines & champagne” for Blink sparkling wine and finally one Silver award for Kalathaki Lemnos in the category “Food dairy products”.

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